Sorry wrong number !!!!!I regret to say that in my last web-log entry a mistake has been made. I wrote that I invited anyone who wanted me to publish how to make a sif from a bucket to send me an e-mail.I published the wrong e-mail adress which I regret very much.despite that I already had a large number of request from people who found my e-mail adress on another location on this page.Nevertheless I invite you to send your mail if you are still interested to: lvolders@gmail.com

So much for all the hassle, now on with the log !!!!!!!

Diksap wine revisited.In my web-log entry of 27 oktober last year I wrote how different names in different countries can lead to a search. What is called concentrated juice in the US is called 'Diksap' in the Netherlands.

I also published a base recispe for disksapwine.Now in januari my test batch has stopped fermenting en is ready to be bottled. I did some test along the way.

Summarised the recipe was:Add water to 3 bottles of diksap (400ml per bottle) to the total of 5 liter. Add yeast and that is it.

Now the measurements showed me:The wine had an acidity of 6 and an ABV of 11%.About the same as what I had calculated.

But then the wine itself. It has no nose, no body. The color is some pale red. And the taste is dull. A completely meaningless wine. At the most best for washing down some lousy food. No wine to really enjoy.

So lets try something to brighten it up.

In my 25 November 2007 entry I wrote how to make oak-extract with wodka. This allows you to immediately test if a wine benefits from oak. So with a pipette I dropped a few ml oak extract in a glas of diksap-wine.

And indeed the wine really benefits form oaking.

Next step was to sweeten the wine a bit and now it is a nice light table wine which goes well with dinner or a hot summer evening.